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Thread ID: 110276 2010-06-10 06:44:00 Wot will the world media think of us now? WalOne (4202) PC World Chat
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1108763 2010-06-10 06:44:00 Dateline, Auckland - tarnishing our Safest Country Rating.

From the Police alerts:


Title: Ranui Ice Cream Robbery - Female Arrested

An 18 year old female has appeared in the Waitakere District Court
on a charge of aggravated robbery after her arrest at a Ranui address.

On the 29 May 2010 five offenders armed with hammers, a knife and a pistol
went into the Ranui Takeaway Store and stole a large quantity of ice cream.



This must rate right up there with the clip from NZ Crimewatch, when the host was outraged about the theft of a ten year old Ford Cortina. :D

That made the UK and USA networks. Wonder what this'll do to our "safest" rating .....

:D
WalOne (4202)
1108764 2010-06-10 06:50:00 Dateline, Auckland - tarnishing our Safest Country Rating.

From the Police alerts:


Title: Ranui Ice Cream Robbery - Female Arrested

An 18 year old female has appeared in the Waitakere District Court
on a charge of aggravated robbery after her arrest at a Ranui address.

On the 29 May 2010 five offenders armed with hammers, a knife and a pistol
went into the Ranui Takeaway Store and stole a large quantity of ice cream.



This must rate right up there with the clip from NZ Crimewatch, when the host was outraged about the theft of a ten year old Ford Cortina. :D

That made the UK and USA networks. Wonder what this'll do to our "safest" rating .....

:D

Don't worry too much - it never made prime time here on the talking heads shows. Rush Limbaugh never mentioned it either. :devil

I think the US Gummermint takes pity on people who hang upsidedown all the time and they filter these sort of things out of the general news links for us.

Your secret is safe - well, I KNOW it now - so you might want to reconsider the 'safe' part.
SurferJoe46 (51)
1108765 2010-06-10 06:54:00 Your secret is safe - well, I KNOW it now - so you might want to reconsider the 'safe' part.

Thanks Joe. I was OK until now.

Now I'm very afraid ....
WalOne (4202)
1108766 2010-06-10 09:20:00 There was something in the paper the other day where NZ rated very highly as a safe place so I don't think it will make much difference. mikebartnz (21)
1108767 2010-06-10 12:20:00 I got that release too.

Kinda worrying that they brought a gun to take ice creams.

Don't they know how to rob a place? Use as little force as possible! They could've just ran off, and the cops wouldn't care as much, but because an airgun was involved, that brought it to a whole new level. Similar reason why bank robbers use notes instead of guns.
ubergeek85 (131)
1108768 2010-06-10 12:31:00 What nasty little children - what do they think they are? Politicians? R2x1 (4628)
1108769 2010-06-10 13:05:00 Why would you even need a weapon to steel an ice cream, if you just walked in and grabbed it the law would probably protect you from anything the shop keeper did :\ Fifthdawn (9467)
1108770 2010-06-10 20:20:00 Well its Ranui. The hold up didnt suprise me one little bit. Its the Otara of the West, Cannons Creek of Porirua. prefect (6291)
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